A.R.F.F., Fitchburg, MA-
July 3 & 4, 2004: We were more successful at our
second tournament (ARFF's Flyball and Fireworks on the 4th of July) with
the help from an old pro. Gail D'Avolio from New England
Trailblazers volunteered her 12 year old veteran Ricky to help us get
started. That was very nice of her, considering we still were not
sure about Susie (she did well at practice, but you never know about
tournaments). We started out with Sally, Shrek, Eartha and Ricky on
Saturday. They were doing well and getting some one and five point
runs (our first time getting points as a team, so we were very
happy). The second to last race of the day we put Susie in for a
recall on the warm-up. She did great, going right for her tug
toy. For the next race we tried a run with her in the warm-up, and
again she did great. We decided to let her have a shot in the race,
and she performed each heat perfectly, even bobbling the ball at the box
once but still hitting all the jumps on the way back. For four
heats, all the dogs ran clean and we had our own team running (with the three
rookie dogs). The next day we used Ricky as a sub for when the
new dogs got too overwhelmed, but used our dogs for the most part.
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